kp-analysis-toolkit 1.0.3

Python utilities to parse technical information for security audits

analysis-toolkit

The analysis toolkit is a collection of scripts designed to assist auditors analyze the results of the KP system auditing scripts maintained at:

• Linux
• Windows
• MacOS

Critical dependencies

• Shell: a recent version of bash
• Python: A recent release of version 3. Both 3.10 (Ubuntu 22.04) and 3.12+ should be fine
• Misc. commands:   grep echo awk sort

The scripts have been tested and are usually used on Ubuntu distributions. They were developed on WSL instances of Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04. YMMV on other distributions or versions, but I don't foresee any problems, say, on a MacOS Terminal prompt.

For KP auditors, I strongly recommend following the Getting started with WSL and Bashing Our Way to Efficient Audits pages on Confluence.

I also recommend that you use the Windows Terminal app available from the Microsoft Store. Among other numerous benefits, this will allow to click on hyperlinks created by some of the tools.

Installation

Prequisites:

• A supported version of Python
• Python's PIPX
  • Windows (and others where PIPX isn't installed by the OS package manager): pip install pipx
  • Ubuntu (and for other distro's where it's provided as an OS package): sudo apt install pipx

Installation is as simple as using Python's PIPX to install the package from PyPI.

Windows PowerShell

Assuming Python is already installed:

pip install pipx
pipx ensurepath
# Restart PowerShell window to get new PATH
pipx install kp-analysis-toolkit

Ubuntu

Or others where PIPX is provided by the OS package manager -- replace apt with other package manager as needed:

sudo apt install pipx
pipx ensurepath
# Restart shell prompt window to get new PATH
pipx install kp-analysis-toolkit

Updating the toolkit

Change to the analysis-toolkit directory

pipx update kp-analysis-toolkit

Using the toolkit scripts

Each toolkit script includes a "help" function to explain the options.

<script> -h